寿命

Meaning

1. n
   lifespan; life; lifetime
2. n
   life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

Example sentences

• 王を得た麒麟もまた寿命を持たない生き物だが、この病ばかりは治癒の方法がない。

  A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.

• 彼の政治寿命はもうない。

  His days as a politician are numbered.

• 彼の寿命は終わろうとしている。

  His sands are running out.